Discussion

There’s a lot of insight into their culture here that breezes into conversation perfectly: The human propensity for heroics is seen as a threat; their extermination has been ordered but has clearly failed; even though the Trarr are born female they instinctively see the humans as male…

They don’t know that much about the enemy they chose to fight and clearly little communication has gone on. Nice alien mindset wrapped up in a tight little package.